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The single hound : poems of a lifetime

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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[LXXVII. I watched her face to see which way]

I watched her face to see which way
She took the awful news,
Whether she died before she heard—
Or in protracted bruise
Remained a few short years with us,
Each heavier than the last—
A further afternoon to fail,
As Flower at fall of Frost.
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